Giving and receiving

Earlier this winter I sent some badly damaged kimono silk lining to Glennis. She assured me that she could shibori the damages away. I guess due to some art of folding or photography you can't actually see the damages in this photo of what was sent to Glennis. Trust me, they looked like they were ready for the dustbin.

As you can see, her shibori are out of this world spectacular so I have been waiting with great anticipation to see if she could work her magic on the age-spotted silks I sent her. I think you will agree that the metamorphasis was impressive. This is the "new and improved" silk:

I can't resist giving you a few more lovely images of the stunning work she does.

Glennis makes beautiful flowers out of some of the shibori.

I sent kimono silks to Merete too, vintage but highly usable and lovely. She and I had agreed on a swap. Here is a bit of what I sent her:

I hope that she enjoyed her sliks as much as I loved getting my package!

Look at the goodies she treated me to!

Here is some lace, ribbon, buttons, ribbon roses, a lttle bell, brand new fold-up scissors, and a lovely array of lenghts of novelty yarn.

Merete made me this beautiful book for keeping a record of my quilt scraps. This is a great idea to bring along to the store/flea market if I am looking for something to coordinate with what I already have. Underneath the book are hand-printed peices of fabric by Merete. She was certainly kind and generous with me.

Merete even enclosed some colorful beads, buttons and trims for the kids. They pounced on it immediately with happy (and loud) exclamations of joy. Not pictured are the 3 magazines Merete sent me - they are upstairs by the bed with my stack of reading material. I have been wanting to buy these magazines for ages and spend a good amount of time pouring over them in the newstand. I have been reluctant to buy them because they cost about 3 times what the do in the US. Thank you for your thougthful package!

Comments

[Jean]

O.K. what I want to know is where on earth did you find the kimono linings? How wonderful.... also the 2nd picture, the silks in creams, beige etc... now is that an in-between picture? Or just other lovely's? Silks are great aren't they? The textures are something else! My folks had an 18 month mission for our Church in Thailand and brought me back some Thai silk. One piece I got has a print/solid, they co-ordinate but it's all on one piece. Guess I need to see if one of my kids can take a photo of it to post.

[mereteveian]

Emily, - you don't know how much pleasure the box with silk is giving me every moment I sit by my sewing table.
I'm so glad you could find some happiness in the box I mailed you and the kids. How nice to hear that they claimed it right there and then :-)
Another swap might be in the future...?
I know what I'll do with some of the silks right now, - hope you'll like what you'll see :-)

[alisonmc]

Gasp - beautiful beautiful shibori! And what a lovely notebook. Colourful notebooks are very inspiring.

[Merruli]

The art of shibori is totally unknown to me, but these pictures make me want to know more about it. It is amazing what skillful hands can make with fabric!

[Joanna]

wow! what an impressive pile of loot! everything is so lovely.

[Beate]

Førstegangsbesøkende her, men "I'll be back":)
Her var så nydelige bilder, herlige farger og gode kreative viber!

[natasha s]

wow,that is beautiful,I had never heard of shibori art before today.Simply stunning.I am digging those elephant buttons too:0)

[Melanie]

Wow! That shibori is amazing!

It's funny, I just wrote on my blog about how I couldn't decide what to do this weekend. I have the chance to go to a shibori class, a yuzen dyeing class or photograph a festival. Your post has convinced me to go to the shibori class.

It's amazing to see the kimono linings come to life like that! I now feel so guilty about the piles of silk kimono linings that I throw out...